The dad of four little boys killed in a house fire said the Christmas presents they never got to open will stay wrapped under the tree.
Dalton Hoath, 28, said he is still struggling to come to terms with the tragedy but will donate the gifts he bought for his superhero-loving sons after the holidays.His two sets of twins Kyson and Bryson, aged four, and Leyton and Logan, aged three, were alone when they died in a fire in Collingwood Road, Sutton, south London, last week.
A 27-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of child neglect has been bailed and will return to a police station in mid-January.
Speaking a week on from their deaths, Mr Hoath paid tribute to his boys and said he can still hear them telling him, “Daddy, I love you”.’
He told ITV News: ‘My sons were loving, kind, caring unique boys and didn’t deserve to be involved in such a tragic accident that nobody could have expected.
‘They will forever be the biggest part of my heart and carry us through in these hard times.
‘Bryson, he was the first one born. He had a cute little birthmark on his face and he was just so clever.
‘Kyson, he was just such a gentle soul. He was so shy but so outgoing at the same time, he was so beautiful.
‘The younger two, they were more boisterous and would play fight with each other, and do sword fights, Nerf guns, they liked all stuff like that.’
Mr Hoath said his sons would ‘talk about becoming builders, plumbers, and a chef’ because all they wanted to do was to ‘help others’.
‘They loved learning and would tell me about all the great things they did at school. They loved running through the water fountain in the town centre, just smiling, singing, dancing and enjoying life.’
But the main thing they had in common was a love of superheroes.
‘That’s the one thing they shared together, they used to love dressing up and playing with each other and just pretending to be all of these superheroes. It was just lovely.’
Mr Hoath said he does not think the news will sink in for him and has chosen to call Christmas Day just ‘December 25’ following their deaths.
He said he has kept the presents – including trainers, clothes and superhero figures – he bought for his sons underneath his Christmas tree, but will donate them after Christmas Day.
He said: ‘I feel that I should donate them maybe to a hospital or charities and at least some children somewhere can get to use them and make my sons proud because they’re going to sit there and they’re not going to get used.
‘I just feel it’d be better if I gave them to someone who can enjoy them.’
The grieving father went on to thank emergency services for trying to save his boys, and said support from the local community had been ‘overwhelming’.
Flowers, teddy bears and other tributes have been left near the scene of the fire and tonight balloons will be released in the boys’ memory.
Mr Hoath has left personalised messages to each of his sons at the makeshift shrine.
One note, addressed to his three-year-old Leyton, described the toddler as ‘the most perfect little boy’, adding: ‘I wish we could have one more screaming match screaming Bogies! You were the most perfect little boy and the best son and brother, love Daddy xxx.’
Mr Hoath said he ‘still feels pain’ but is slowly trying to cope because his sons would ‘want to see me enjoying all these wonderful things we’re doing to celebrate them’.
Asked what he would say if he could speak to them now, he said: ‘I’d just like to tell them that I’m sorry that they’re not here with us anymore, but that I love them and I’ll never stop loving them.
‘They will always be in my heart and I’m just happy they have each other to hold and they’re not alone.’
‘Daddy loves you forever.’
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